Greenwire: Royal Dutch Shell PLC plans to focus its “clean energy” efforts on biofuels and…
Month: May 2009
Senior House Republican sees climate bill delay
Reuters: Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are likely to set aside a controversial…
Putting a Price on Carbon: An Emissions Cap or A Tax?
Environment 360: The days of freely dumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere are coming to…
Alex Pasternack: Obama Gives Ethanol High Five, Slaps It In the Face
Huffington Post: Just as the Obama administration is launching an interagency task force to boost…
New UN climate deal: not much bolder than Kyoto?
Reuters: A planned new U.N. climate pact is shaping up to be a mildly tougher…
United States: Obama budget seeks end to Yucca nuclear waste dump
Reuters: The Obama administration said Thursday it wanted to officially terminate the Yucca Mountain nuclear…
Obama budget still plans C02 permit sale to industry
Reuters: U.S. President Barack Obama’s budget still plans for 100 percent of permits in a…
Bioelectricity bests ethanol on two fronts: land use and global warming
Mongabay: Yesterday the Obama Administration established a Biofuels Interagency Working Group to oversee implementation of…
US won’t drop cap-and-trade auctions: White House
Agence France-Presse: The White House is committed to auctioning off polluter permits under a “cap-and-trade”…
Shrimp said at risk from North Atlantic warming
Reuters: A $500 million North Atlantic shrimp fishery may be vulnerable to climate change that…